TNT, ESPN, Warriors Twitter all embrace Floyd Mayweather

One NBA team already made news during the 2015 playoffs for exercising questionable judgment on its official Twitter account. The Houston Rockets made themselves a part of the news cycle with “the emoji story,” which also included a turn of phrase that struck some readers as conveying rape-flavored language.

Now, another NBA team has invited unwelcome attention with a tweet, but the twist here is that two media outlets followed the Warriors instead of keeping their distance as detached parties.

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Wednesday night, Floyd Mayweather — still basking in the glow of his victory over Manny Pacquiao on May 2 — could be found courtside at Oracle Arena in Oakland. Mayweather took in the Golden State Warriors’ win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals.

The support for Mayweather from both ESPN and TNT accounts is all the more ironic given Mayweather’s camp was embroiled in a credentialing controversy with Rachel Nichols and Michelle Beadle. One wonders what those respective reporters were feeling seeing their networks actively promoting the fighter.

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Those surveyed by Deloitte averaged three streaming service subscriptions, but many weren't thrilled with the numbers of services they had to subscribe to get what they want. That's worth noting for sports, considering the fragmentation in the sports streaming landscape.